Ohio school to welcome its largest freshman class

Published: August 15, 2012 6:11PM

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- The University of Dayton says its incoming freshman class will be the largest in the school's history, breaking its 1967 record.

The university in southwest Ohio says more than 2,100 first-year students are expected to start classes next week. The previous record enrollment for first-year students at the university was 2,073 in 1967.

University officials say this will be the first time that out-of-state students make up more than half of the freshman class. About 56 percent of first-year students are coming from outside Ohio.

The university says the greatest growth has been in the number of students coming from Illinois, Indiana, New York and Missouri.

This will be the third consecutive year the school of about 11,000 students has exceeded its enrollment target.